Who's to blame for football's roasting culture? The Sun: 'SORDID MINDS: we reveal the squalid and pathetic gameplan of the wannabe Wags who will do anything to sleep with a footballer. Blonde Francesca, 22, from Essex, has just one aim - to snare a Premier League star. It's a well rehearsed ritual, and girls leave nothing to chance in their sordid quest. Francesca admits: "The simple rule is to dress sluttishly... There isn't a single player who will stay faithful to his wife or girlfriend." And with girls like Francesca ready to indulge them at any cost, it seems the footballers have no reason to change their behaviour.'

So what's motivating girls like Francesca? £50,000: average fee paid by papers like The Sun for stories like this: 25 January - 'England ace Ashley Cole had a booze-fuelled night of lust with blonde hairdresser Aimee Walton , 22 - then interrupted their sex romp to be sick on the floor.'

Safe hands

How pleased should Bournemouth be with the appointment of Gerald Krasner to take them through administration? Krasner is 'now responsible for running the club' - just as he was at Leeds in 2004. Among the big decisions made by his Leeds board: taking a £15m loan costing £1.5m a month in interest, with a £2m late payment penalty clause; selling then leasing back Elland Road and the club's training ground to pay the loan; paying £1.6m to agents in six months to sell high-earners; offering 20-year season tickets in an attempt to raise £10m - 100 were sold; and calling on Geoffrey Richmond to give advice - two years after Richmond left Bradford with debts of £36m.

Diego Latest

Diego Maradona says his apology for the hand of God goal, as quoted in The Sun last month, was 'mistranslated'. 'I never said sorry to England,' he told the Argentine press. 'They changed my words. And my former team-mates who queue up to criticise me for it are sons of whores. These old men did not know me on the pitch, and they don't know me off it.' One of the critics who attacked Maradona's apparent apology, ex-striker Jose Sanfilippo, hit back. 'He ought to be careful who he's calling a son of a whore. If I was one of the 1986 team I would hunt him down and punch the tits off him. Who is he? He thinks he can say whatever he likes.'

7 Feb: Didier Drogba: 'I said what I had to say and I think that was understood. What counts is giving 100 per cent in a Chelsea shirt. Winning the Champions League and Premier League - these are the types of challenges that I love! I am so happy here.'

Years of training

How to make it big as a Sky Sports presenter? 'Setanta now have good-looking girls of their own,' an insider tells The Sun. 'We want our female hosts to stay ahead of the competition... with a new hairdo or extra lippy. All our girls are perfect - but we can all have our off days.'

Coach of the week

Luiz Felipe Scolari says any Portugal player who wants to go to Euro 2008 must not behave 'like a shit'. Scolari was reacting to a string of recent stories - Deco fined for drink driving, Brito and Manuel Fernandes' nightclub brawl and Ronaldo's prostitute habit. 'Seriously, some guys need to be careful. Those who get fat, have big arses, think more about nightlife and fashion shows than football - they might all miss the boat. I'm sending out a message. I'm watching, examining, reading interviews. I'm on their case.'

Humility news

October 07: Cristiano Ronaldo, in his book Moments: 'Humility is one of the values I most cherish, as well as education and instruction. On the day I have a child , those are the main principles I will pass on to him.'

February 08: Cristiano Ronaldo: 'If I am named the best player in the world, it won't surprise me.'

2-1 defeat of Udinese. 'There's no reason to cause a scandal - people are maliciously misinterpreting a gesture of wholesome love between two true friends. It was a moment of male happiness. And we did it for a bet.'

The private lady

Brazilian porn actress Pamela Butt says she feels 'defiled' after a video of her and CSKA Moscow striker Vagner Love was leaked online. 'It's appalling,' Butt told the Folha de São Paulo. 'I'm very well paid to have sex on camera, but I earned nothing for this. I am two people: Pamela the actress and Pamela the private lady, and today the private lady is defiled.' 'Hey, I'm known for being amorous,' says Love. 'Let's be honest: this reputation isn't one that unsettles me.'